To ensure local food sovereignty, farmland, and farming skills need to be passed to succeeding generations. Land trusts are part of farm succession planning through preservation of farmland.
Components of a Farm Succession Plan – Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs
This fact sheet describes the different components of a succession plan and what you need to include.
Farm Succession Planning Steps and Checklist – Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs
This fact sheet provides a step-by-step process for succession planning, including a checklist.
Beginning Farm Center, Resources to Help Our Next Generation of Farmers – Iowa State University Extension
Online publications that cover a wide range of tools, information and ideas for retiring farmers who do not have heirs to continue the family farm business and beginning farmers who do not own land.
Legacy of Hope – Genesis Land Conservancy
This promotional brochure provides an excellent, simple overview of ways for landowners to protect land with a land trust and keep it in production for generations to come.
People Protecting Places – Land Trust Alliance of British Columbia
Personal stories from landowners about protecting land for future generations. For example, Singh Farm (sale and lease back with Ducks Unlimited) and Pine Butte Ranch (sale and leaseback with covenants with Nature Conservancy of B.C.).
Preserving Working Ranches in the Canadian West – The Southern Alberta Land Trust Society, Sonoran Institute, and The Land Conservancy of BC
Contact The Land Conservancy of BC for a copy
This report helps ranchers design a future for their ranch. It covers overall planning, covenants, inter-generation transfer, selling an interest in land and communities working together to save ranches.
Succession and Estate Planning Resources – B.C. Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
The Ministry provides publications on the transfer of farm ownership, financial resources for retirement, investment alternatives and tax and legal implications of plans.
